No sooner has Nick Heller returned to Boston to set up shop than he's urgently summoned by old family friend and hedge fund titan Marshall Marcus. His teenaged daughter, Alexa, has been kidnapped and is now buried alive in an underground crypt - her suffering being recorded live over the internet. If her father doesn't meet the kidnappers' demands, the whole world will watch her die. Nick quickly recognizes some sticky problems in Marshall's business. He's being investigated by the FBI, has shady investors, and his fund is in danger of imploding. Marshall has powerful enemies. But which one of them is holding Alexa Marcus hostage?